Protective envelope for garments



Patented July 29, 1924.

UNtTE' STATES MAURICE n. K. BREMNER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

V PROTECTIVE ENVELOPE FOR GARMENTS.

Application filed December 17, 1923. Serial No. 681,043.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MAURICE D. K. BREM- NER, a-citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inProtective Envelopes for Garments, of which the following is a full,clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an envelope or receptacle such as is employedto protect garments from moths and other insects, and also from dust andmoisture, and is a modification or improvement on the device shown in myapplication, Serial No. 619,841, filed Februar 19, 1923.

The, 0 ject of the invention is the provision of an envelope of thischaracter which will be durable, and which is of such a character thatthe garments may be readily placed in and removed therefrom, yet whenclosed will act to practically seal the contents from the outsideatmosphere.

One of the salient features of the device of my present invention is thefact that any one of two or more garments, on separate hangers, may beinserted into and removedi from the protective envelope without dangerof wrinkling any of the garments.

It is believed the invention will be read ily understood from adescription thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a side view of one form of my improved envelopewith a part broken away to show the hanger;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of the device shown in Figure 1 arrangedto show the relation of the flaps 'at the engaging edgesof the opening;

Figure 3 is a section substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 44 of Figure .1, and

Figure 5 is a section similar to Figure 4 through a modified form of myenvelope.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference charactersindicate like parts in the several views, 10 indicates the envelopeadapted to be supported by an arm 11 of wood or other suitable materialhaving a hookmember 12 which extends through an eyelet 13 in the upperedge of the envelope. The hook 12 extends freely and rotatably throughthe supporting arm 11 and is pro vided at the lower end thereof with alongitudinally elongated loop 14 which acts to out necessarily forcingthe arm ll'out of parallelism with such wall. This is an advantageousfeature as it is often very desirable that the envelope and its contentslie parallel with and close to a closet wall. In practice, the garmentswill be placed on the hangers 15, and the hooks 16 thereof inserted inthe loop 14 of the envelope supporting hook 12. Thus the envelope willbe supported in extended condition by the arm 11 and hook 12 while thegarments are being inserted in or removed from the envelope.

About the stem of the hook 12 is provided a tube 17 of rubber or othersuitable material which may extend through the eyelet 13 and snuglysurround the stem of the hook in order to close the passage throughwhich the hook extends.

In the form of the device shown in Figures 1 to 4, the envelope opensdown one face. Each edge of the fabric of the en velope adjacent to theopening is folded back on itself to provide 'one flap which is joined toanother fla-p of double thiclmess by a portion of single thickness.Thus, referring to Figure 4, it will be noted that the edge 18 is foldedback on itself to provide the flap 19 i of double thickness. The flapv19 is joined to another. flap 20, also of double thickness, by thefolded portion 21. In like.

manner the ed e 22 is provided with a flap 23 of double thickness whichis joined to the flap 24, also of double thickness, by the fold 25 ofsingle thickness. Thus it will be seen that each of the edges isprovided with a pair of spaced flaps, the flaps of each pair beingadapted to receive one of the flaps of the other pair therebetween. I

Sna fasteners of the type such as employe on garments or gloves areprovided 1n order to secure ese several flaps each to the others. s,referring to Figure 2, it will be noted at fasteners, such as indicatedat 26, are provided to secure flap 20 to flap 24. Otherlike'fasteners,fsuch as indicated at 27, are provided to secure flap 23to flap 20, and still other snap fasteners, such as indicated at 28, areprovided to secure flap 19 to flap 23. It will be understood that thereis a series or row of each of the snap fasteners 26, 27 and 28, asindicated in Figure 1. This construction insures thatthe opening in theenvelope is practically sealed when the fastening devices are all inco-operating relation.

In the modification shown in Figure 5, the opening into the envelope isadjacent to one edge thereof. In this form, the edge 30 is provided witha pair of double thickness flaps 31 and 32 whic 1 are joined by the fold.of single thickness This much of the structure is substantially likethat associated with the edge 22 of Figure 4. The edge 33, however, isprovided with a single flap 34 of double thickness which is receivedbetween the flaps 31 and 32 associated with the edge 30. Flaps 31, 34and 32 are secured together by snap fasteners in a manner similar tothat described in connection with Figure 2, one row of snap fastenersbeing provlded to secure the flap 34 to the flap 32, and another row ofsnap fasteners, one of which, 35, is shown in the drawing, is providedto secure fia 31 to flap 34.

hile the form shown in Figure 5 does not provide quite so secure a sealas that shown in Figure 4, it will, in general, be found to provide asatisfactory closure.

The envelope is preferably formed of a textile fabric which isimpregnated or covered with a compound which renders it airtight. I havefound that a very satisfactory envelope is provided by impregnating theinterstices of the textile fabric with raw rubber in a suitable solventand then vulcanizin the rubber. Suitable processes for so ru 'berizintextile fabrics are now well known an need not be described in detailherein, By employing a textile fabric, the envelope is made sufficientlystrong so that it will not tear in handling or while inserting orremoving garments therefrom. By rubberizing the fabric, it is madeairtight, thus preventing the escape from the envelope of the insect reellant which is employed. This form of fabricalso acts to effectuallyprotect the garments within the envelope from all dust and moisture inthe atmosphere.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s:

1. A garment protector of the type described comprising a fabric bagprovided with opposed edges adapted to be securedtogether substantiallyto seal the bag against the ingress of dust and insects, each of saidedges being folded and stitched upon itself to provide a pocket whichopens toward the corresponding pocket of the other edge, and means forsecuring the side walls of one pocket to the adjacent side walls of theother pocket when said walls are disposed in parallelism with eachpocket receiving one of the side walls'of the other pocket.

2. A garment protector comprising a fabric bag having opposed edgesadapted to be brought into inter-engaging relation and there fastenedsubstantially to seal the bag against the ingress of dust and insects,each of said opposed edges being thrice turned back upon itself andstitched to provide an open-sided pocket which has parallel walls ofdouble thickness and which opens toward the corresponding pocket of theother edge, and means for fastening each of the double thickness wallsof one pocket to the adjacent double thickness walls of the other pocketwhen said double thickness walls are disposed in parallelism with eachof said pockets receiving one of the double thickness walls of the otherpocket.-

3. A garment protector of the character described, comprising a fabricbag closed at its upper end and provided with an insertion openingadapted to be sealed against the ingress of dust and insects, a bag-supporting bar and a garment hanger, said bagsupporting bar having anaperture there through, and a hook and eye member for supporting saidbar and garment hanger, said hook and eye member being rovided at itsupper end with a hook and at its lower end with a relatively large eyeengaged by the book of the garment hanger, said bag being provided withan eyelet in registry with the aperture in the bag-supportin bar, saidhook and eye member extending reely and rotatably through said apertureand eyelet whereby ordinary movements of the hook and eye memberincident to the hanging of the bag by the hook and eye member will notsubstantially change the relative po sitions of the clothes hanger andthe bagsupporting bar.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this12th day ofDecember 1923.

M. D. K. BREMNER.

Witnesses:-

F. F. Lnnnns'rnin, FnaNK Lama.

